EVALUATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION BY ECHO-DOPPLER IN CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Abstract

Backgrounds: Cardio-vascular disorders contribute to mortality in patients suffering end stage kidney disease with peritoneal dialysis. Objectives: (1) To determine the rate of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and left ventricular diastolic disfunction in end-stage chronic renal failure patients treated by CAPD; (2) To evaluate the correlation between left ventricular systolic dysfunction and left ventricular diastolic disfunction Patients-Methods: A cross-sectional design on 30 ESRD patients treated by CAPD at Department of Nephrology- Hue central Hospital were selected for this study from 1/2010 to 6/2011. Results: Stydying left ventricular function in 30 hemodialysis patients in Hue central Hospital by Echo - Doppler, we found 53.33% of cases with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and 56.67% of such patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Most of these cases (88.23%) had mixed dysfunction. Conclusions: There were relations between left ventricular dysfunction and anemia (Hemoglobinemia), between left ventricular dysfunction and the time of treatement by hemodialysis, but it was not related to hypertension. Key words: left ventricular, Echo – doppler, hemodialysis